Ontario Education Minister Jill Dunlop is advising school boards to leave politics out of the classroom in the lead-up to the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 terror attack which sparked the Israel-Hamas war.
“Our government firmly believes in the safety and well-being of all children in Ontario schools,” Dunlop wrote in a memo recently circulated to school board chairs and directors of education and obtained by CTV News Toronto.
“As we approach one year since the October 7th attack, we ask all school boards across the province to uphold this principle and be vigilant in ensuring classrooms remain safe, inclusive, and welcoming for all students and staff. As education leaders, your role in upholding this principle has never been more important.”
Dunlop went on to say that the focus in schools “must always be on learning” and that politics should be left out of the classroom.
“This means our schools and school-related activities should never be used as …